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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Gmedelaware 2 Llc, Audubon, PA (US);
Christopher R. Ralph, Woodinville, WA (US);
Cin Kiat Abidin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Devin Lee Joseph Looijen, Carnation, WA (US);
Matthew M Quest, Bothell, WA (US);
Philip Tracy Berg, Federal Way, WA (US);
GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
A dynamic spine prosthesis (such as a facet joint prosthesis having an articulation surface configured to articulate with a corresponding facet joint element) that has a fixation element with an elongated bone entry portion defining a longitudinal axis and a dynamic spine prosthesis component connected to the fixation element at a connection location by an adjustable connection. The adjustable connection has first and second washers each rotatably supported by the fixation element and each having an angled contact surface in a plane not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fixation element, with the connection location being between the bone entry portion and the first and second washers.